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marvel - What about the clothes? (Who/what gets disintegrated?)


So, I realize this is potentially delving into the trivial, but is there any explanation given anywhere -- in the film, the comics, or any commentary by the production staff -- which explains why




Thanos' snap of the fingers after assembling all the Infinity Stones and disintegrating half of the people in the universe



should affect people's clothing and other personal effects?


Is it because this is just what Thanos chose to do? Or is it built into the power? Does the magic involved have some notion of what constitutes a person which includes their nearby stuff? What?



Answer



From my own answer on M&TV


According to the directors it's because...


Those items are part of their identity



Avengers: Infinity War's directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (who also directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers 4) revealed why objects like Spider-Man's suit, Star-Lord's clothing, and other material or weapons being carried or worn by heroes disappeared with them after Thanos snapped his fingers. According to Joe Russo, the objects faded with the heroes and other victims of Thanos erasure because they are "part of their identity."



Anthony Russo chimed in: "Whatever was elemental to somebody’s presence went with them."


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Whether this is logical in-universe is open to debate but out-of-universe it make sense.



Firstly this would have involved another round of complicated SFX in a movie already packed with fiddly technical requirements.


Secondly it would have looked a little messy, and possibly a little silly, on screen if leather and spandex suits, helmets, clever gadgets and all that lovely Wakandan metalwork all clanked down.


The Russo brothers do not really make a compelling argument for their vision in these scenes, but they definitely made the correct stylistic choice.


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